More than 200 people largely civilians were killed and hundreds others wounded in attacks and conflicts in Afghanistan last month, according to official statistics. On Monday, four security personnel and three civilians were killed and 13 others wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a security checkpoint near Kabul airport.

A total of 1,119 Iraqis were killed, and 1,946 others were injured in terrorist attacks and violence in September in Iraq, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The statement said that 854 civilians, including 79 civilian policemen, and 265 Iraqi security …

On Wednesday, the French Defense Ministry announced that France will send 3 fighter jets and a warship to the Gulf as a part of the efforts of the alliance led by the United States to support Iraqi forces that are fighting the organization ISIS.